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The Blind Leading the Blind

The usual claim for the Gadol of each generation’s authority is this Gemara (Bava Metzia 91b):

אמר רב חנן בר רבא אמר רב, אפילו ריש גרגותא משמיא מוקמי ליה.

So every leadership position is ordained from Above. But might the flock ever deserve less than ideal leaders? Might not the leader be a hint and rebuke to those being led to change their ways for the better?